Communicating system



No'v. 3, 1942. g 2,301,057

COMMUNICATING SYSTEM 7 Filed NOV. 16, 1940 !NVENTOR Law! 5 731.00

AJTORNEY Patented Nov. 3, 1942 UNITED STATESVPATENT OF COMMUNICATING SYSTEM Lewis B. Lee, Muskegon Heights, Mich. Application November 16, 1940, Serial No. 365,976

' s(Cl. 20-05) 3 Claims.

My present invention relates to communicating systems and particularly to a communicating system to be employed in conjunction with burial services, whereby the burial services can be heard at widely separated places, such as in the several rooms of the funeral home usually located. in the city or a town, at thesextons office and chapel, at the cemetery and at the place of interment in the cemetery; and the objects of in vention are;

First, to provide a communicating system for funeral system for use in connection with funerals, whereby the services conducted at the funeral home can be distinctly heard in all the rooms and at the cemetery simultaneously.

Second, to provide a communicating system whereby persons of hard hearing can hear the services conducted in moderate tone of voice, either in the funeral home or at the place of interment in the cemetery.

Third, to provide a communicating system for funeral services, whereby the services conducted at the place of interment can be heard at the funeral home, and when the weather is of such severeness that older persons and such other persons as cannot attend the services at the place of interment, can hear the said services as clearly as though they were at the place of interment.

Fourth, to provide a communicating system for use in conjunction with funeral services, whereby the services can be conducted either at the funeral home or at the place of interment and be heard either at the funeral home or at the place of interment.

These named objects, and such other objects as may appear from a perusal of the following description, when said description is taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, are attained by means of the metallic circuit and the apparatuses shown by the drawing, and referring thereto;

Numeral I, designates the funeral home, having therein chapel room 2 in which is conducted the funeral services and is located seats for the accommodation of persons attending the services conducted in the chapel, and space 3 for the accommodation of singers at the organ 4 associated with music producing pipes 5 having adjacent thereto, microphone 6, the pulpit I having adjacent thereto microphone 8 for receiving the sermon preached in the chapel, and at the organ 4, microphone 9 for receiving the voices of the singers stationed in space 3 at the organ, these named microphones are connected to the ampli- 55 fier IU'located in general oflice H by metallic circuit wires I2; also located in the chapel at a secluded portion of the chapel, are ear phones !3 having connection with the amplifier ID by metallic circuit wires l4, and preferablyvtnear the organ, in the chapel 2is sound-reproducer l5 connected through metallic circuit IS with the cemetery l1, and to the ear phones l8 and sound reproducer l9 located in private room .29, also extending from the amplifier I0, is, metallic circuit wires 2l leading to sound reproducer 22 in the slumber room 23 andto the sound reproducer 24 in the reception room 25, also extending from the amplifier I0, 'is metallic wire" circuit 26 through which is operated sound reproducer 21 in the family service room 28, switch 29 in the general office ll, provides means for closing and opening the circuit extending to the cemetery I1, wherein is designated by numeral 30 the cemetery chapel or sextons ofiice building having therein sound reproducer 3|, amplifier 32 and circuit control switch 33 for controlling the metallic circuit 34 connected to volume control instrument 35 and sound reproducer 36, both of which are adjacent the exterior of the service tent 31 which has therein, microphone 38 and exterior of the tent, amplifier 39 and battery 40 whereby the said amplifier 39 together with other amplifiers in the circuit are energized. Numeral 4| represents diagrammatically the grave, and 42 the casket in readiness to be lowered into the grave. Numeral 43, designates the circuit extending from the amplifier l0 and forms a part of circuit I 6, and extends to the cemetery and to the amplifier 39 therein, and metallic circuit Wires 44 extend from amplifier H1 in the general oflice l l to the cemetery and therein to amplifier 32.

Having described my present invention comprising a communicating system, the rights to which I desire to secure are set forth in the claims, therefore, I claim:

1. In a communicating system, the combination of a cemetery having therein a chapel and a place of burial, a funeral home in spaced apart relation to the cemetery and having therein, a chapel room, having therein an organ with music pipes, a pulpit, microphones associated with said organ, pipes and pulpit, a sound reproducer in proximity to said organ, ear phones in spaced apart relation to the said pulpit; a family room having therein a sound reproducer, a general office having therein a sound reproducer, an amplifier and a circuit control switch; a private room having therein a plurality of ear phones; a

slumber room having therein a sound reproducer; a reception room having therein a sound reproducer; metallic circuit wires extending Irom the said funeral home to the cemetery and to the sextons chapel having therein an amplifier, a sound reproducer, a microphone and a circuit control switch; and to the place of burial having associated therewith an electric battery. a sound reproducer, a volume control and a microphone; the said metallic circuit wires having connection with the said microphones, sound reproducers, amplifier and switch in the several rooms of the funeral home and to the said amplifler, sound reproducers volume control and microphones at the sexton's chapel and place of burial, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a communicating system, the combination comprising a cemetery having therein a chapel and a place of burial, a funeral home in spaced apart relation to the cemetery and having therein, a chapel room, having therein an organ with music pipes, a pulpit, microphones associated with said organ, pipes and pulpit, a sound reproducer in proximity to said organ, a family room having therein a sound reproducer, a general office having therein a sound repro ducer, a private room having therein a plurality of ear phones; 21. slumber room having therein a sound reproducer; metallic circuit wires extending from the said funeral home to said cemetery and to the sextons chapel having therein an amplifier, a sound reproducer, a microphone and a circuit control switch; and to the place of burial having associated therewith a sound reproducer,

a volume control and a microphone; the said metallic circuit wires extending to and having connection with the said microphones, sound reproducers, amplifiers and switches in the several rooms of the funeral home and to the said amplifier, sound reproducers volume control and microphones at the sextons chapel and place of burial, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a communicating system, the combination comprising a cemetery having therein a chapel and a place of burial, a funeral home in spaced apart relation to the cemetery and having therein, a chapel room, having therein an organ with music pipes, a pulpit, microphones associated with said organ, pipes and pulpit, a sound reproducer in proximity to said organ, a family room having therein a sound reproducer, a general office having therein a sound reproducer, a private room having therein a plurality of ear phones; a slumber room having therein a sound reproducer; metallic circuit wires extending from the said funeral home to said cemetery and to the sextons chapel having therein a sound reproducer, and to the place of burial having associated therewith a sound reproducer and a microphone; the said metallic circuit wires extending to and having connection with the said microphones, sound reproducers, amplifiers and switches in the several rooms of the funeral home and to the said amplifier, sound reproducers volume control and microphones at the sextons chapel and place of burial, as and for the purpose specified.

LEWIS B. LEE. 

